Business News Archive - July 29, 2009

PARIS, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Saft, leader in the design,
development and manufacture of advanced batteries for industry and defence,
announces its sales and earnings for the 6 month period ended 30 June 2009.
First half sales and earnings highlights
- H1 2009 sales of EUR287.4m, a reduction of 6.2% YoY as
reported, 9.9% YoY at constant exchange rates.
- Q2 sales of EUR141.8m, down 13.4% at constant exchange
rates.
- EBITDA margin of 17.9% of sales in H1 2009, at EUR51.5m.

LONDON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Alternative energy storage solutions are now opening up as a significant industry with immense potential. Different technologies in the developmental, near-commercialisation and commercialised stages are garnering increasing attention.

LONDON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan will host a live briefing open to all on Tuesday, 11 August at 4:00pm BST to provide industry participants with an overview of current and anticipated trends in the global defence industry.

LONDON, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan's landmark interactive electric vehicle (EV) workshop, one of the first events of its kind to combine parliamentary debates and industry presentation sessions, was a resounding success in terms of networking opportunities and helping businesses position themselves in the race toward the electric vehicle era.

CAMBRIDGE, England, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AVEVA (LSE:AVV)
today announces further enhancements to its AVEVA Plant portfolio, with
significant improvements to AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Global and all of its
schematics products.
Notable improvements have been made to AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA Global,
further extending AVEVA's technology leadership in 3D plant design and
multi-site project execution.
This latest release introduces numerous new and improved capabilities,
many of which are as a result of consultation with AVEVA customers.
One of the major enhancements is the ability of AVEVA PDMS users to
openly share data with users of AVEVA Outfitting, part of the AVEVA Marine
portfolio, in even the most complex and demanding global projects.

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